#2 Thales Leites

UFC

It is very uncommon in MMA to see warriors go out with a triumph – particularly in the UFC, which is an advancement that has been based on the back of maturing contenders losing to best in class stars.

However that is actually what previous Middleweight title challenger Thales Leites figured out how to do in 2018. The Brazilian chose to hang up his gloves following his September triumph over Hector Lombard.

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It was somewhat of an abnormal voyage for Leites, who appeared in the UFC in 2006. The accommodation master came into the Octagon at 9-0, and after a tight misfortune to Martin Kampmann in his introduction, he figured out how to assemble a great 5-battle win mark that place him in line for a shot at Anderson Silva’s Middleweight title.

Leites lost that battle, yet it was such a frustrating appearing, to the point that the UFC discharged him after a dubious misfortune to Alessio Sakara a few months after the fact. It resembled his vocation at the best was finished, however Leites figured out how to assemble a 6-1 record on the littler circuit that made the UFC bring him in 2013.

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Upon his arrival, Leites wound up in title conflict in the wake of winning 5 out of a column, however misfortunes in enormous battles against Michael Bisping and Gegard Mousasi repelled him from the simple best of the division.

Indeed, even toward the end, with a bunch of misfortunes, Leites did not look too far past his best – however worries about his future wellbeing wound up pushing him to resign, a choice which is most likely generally advantageous.

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